The 15,000 places at the inaugural Vélo Birmingham sold out in less than four days – but potential participants can still take part by fundraising on behalf of a chosen charity.

The four main charities with teams are Alzheimer’s Society, Cure Leukaemia, NSPCC and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity.

In addition to those a further 20 charities have a limited number of places for Vélo Birmingham, which starts and finishes on Broad Street and takes riders of all abilities through Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Sandwell and Dudley.

Teams can also sign up to the Business 100 Challenge.

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Organised by CSM Active, Vélo Birmingham is the flagship event of the Birmingham Cycle Revolution – a Birmingham City Council initiative aiming to make cycling an everyday way to travel in Birmingham over the next 20 years.

Here the Lead Charity Partners reveal how you can help them by taking on the 100 mile closed road sportive challenge on Sunday, September 24.

Cure Leukaemia – 150 places left

All funds raised by Cure Leukaemia’s Vélo Birmingham team will go towards the charity’s £1 million appeal to fully fund the £3.2 million expansion of the globally significant Centre for Clinical Haematology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

The project has had over £2 million granted by the GBSLEP and Cure Leukaemia has made a commitment to raising the additional £1 million by December 31, 2017.

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Every rider will receive their own Cure Leukaemia cycling jersey and will have the chance to rub shoulders with West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Ben Foster and former footballers Geoff Thomas, John Salako, Mark Bright and Aidy Boothroyd. The charity’s CEO James McLaughlin, co-founder Professor Charlie Craddock CBE and Trustee Dr Guy Pratt are all taking part in the event.

NSPCC – 40 places left

NSPCC Speak out Stay Safe school assembly

Anyone who chooses to support the NSPCC will be getting behind the leading children’s charity fighting to end child abuse in the UK.

Using voluntary donations, which make up more than 90 per cent of its funding, it helps children who’ve been abused to rebuild their lives, protects children at risk, and finds the best ways of preventing child abuse from ever happening.

NSPCC counsellor

The NSPCC’s Childline service – which has a base in Birmingham – provides a safe, confidential place for children with no one else to turn to, whatever their worry, whenever they need help.

More than 150 volunteers give up their spare time to counsel young people at the site in Hagley Road, Edgbaston, which is Childline’s only West Midlands base.

Talking to Childline can be the first step that gets a child’s life back on track. And young people can get help and support with any issue they’re going through, no matter how big or small.

Children can contact Childline 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on 0800 1111 or by visiting here

The NSPCC wants children to know what abuse is, that it is never a child’s fault, and who to turn to if they ever need to talk.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity – 20 places left

One of the few remaining spots can be yours for a registration fee of only £40, and the charity asks riders to raise a minimum of £400 in sponsorship.

When you support the charity, you can choose to ride for Team Military.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital is a centre of excellence in military medicine meaning patients who are injured during military service are brought here over other hospitals.

This inspired the charity to build Fisher House, a ‘home from home’ for military patients and their families, allowing them to stay close to their loved ones whilst receiving they are receiving treatment.

Or you could choose to ride for Team Cancer and help fund ground-breaking research, cutting-edge equipment and facilities for cancer patients at QEHB.